Patents by Inventor Joel TerMaat

Joel TerMaat has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Rapid thermocycler system for rapid amplification of nucleic acids and related methods
    Patent number: 9737891
    Abstract: A thermocycling device and method of operating a thermocycler instrument, the instrument including a sample holder, at least one thermal cycling element, and at least one first and second temperature sensors, for causing the sample holder containing the at least one sample to undergo polymerase chain reaction amplification by repeated cycling between at least a denaturation heating stage and an annealing cooling stage. The first temperature corresponding with the temperature of the sample holder is monitored using the at least one first temperature sensor, and a second temperature corresponding with the temperature external of the sample holder is monitored using the at least one second temperature sensor. Based upon the first temperature and the second temperature, the power that is delivered to the at least one thermal cycling element of the instrument is dynamically controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: STRECK, INC.
    Inventors: Joel TerMaat, Scott E. Whitney, Hendrik J. Viljoen, Matthew R. Kreifels
  • Rapid Thermocycler System for Rapid Amplification of Nucleic Acids and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20120308990
    Abstract: A thermocycling device and method of operating a thermocycler instrument, the instrument including a sample holder, at least one thermal cycling element, and at least one first and second temperature sensors, for causing the sample holder containing the at least one sample to undergo polymerase chain reaction amplification by repeated cycling between at least a denaturation heating stage and an annealing cooling stage. The first temperature corresponding with the temperature of the sample holder is monitored using the at least one first temperature sensor, and a second temperature corresponding with the temperature external of the sample holder is monitored using the at least one second temperature sensor. Based upon the first temperature and the second temperature, the power that is delivered to the at least one thermal cycling element of the instrument is dynamically controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Streck, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel TerMaat, Scott E. Whitney, Hendrik J. Viljoen, Matthew R. Kreifels
  • Sample tube
    Patent number: D659848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Streck, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel TerMaat, Matthew Robert Kreifels, Hendrik Viljoen, Scott Whitney
  • Laboratory analysis device housing
    Patent number: D665917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Streck, Inc.
    Inventors: Joel TerMaat, Matthew Robert Kreifels, Hendrik Viljoen, Scott Whitney, Jason R. Gerold